Making the Adoption Tax Credit Permanent
Adoption Action Alert
April 1, 2009/Martha Osborne
The federal adoption tax credit has helped thousands of families say yes to adopting a child. It's vital that this financial support stay in place to help families offest the costs and fees associated with adopting a child. Unfortunately, the tax credit is set to expire in December 2010 unless Congress votes to continue it. It's time to take action!
The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009, H.R. 213, will keep the adoption tax credit from being repealed, and may make the tax relief measure permanent. It only takes a few minutes to e-mail or call your senators and congressmen. It's important for them to hear from families impacted by the tax credit.
Currently, there are 76 State Senator and Representatives cosponsoring H.R. 213. However, there are 16 states that currently have no sponsors of this bill, including eight on the East Coast (one of the largest areas of the US with internationally adopted children). H.R. 213 is currently in committee, where most bills die. It is imperative that adoptive families, and all friends of children waiting for families, act now.
It only takes a few minutes to write, call or e-mail your representatives. Please do so today!
E-mail Representative: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
E-mail Senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Currently, the following states have no cosponsors or commitments of support for H.R. 213:
West Virginia
Delaware
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maine
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
South Dakota
New Mexico
Arkansas
Hawaii
The two states offering the greatest support are Texas and Georgia with 6 cosponsors each, closely followed by Pennsylvania with 5. Honorable mentions: Florida, Indiana, Illinois each with 4 sponsorships each.
Pass this on to friends and family, and ask for their help in writing, calling, and posting on blogs and Facebook. To gain momentum, we must have an absolute ground swell of families lifting their voices together for the well-being of children throughout the world.
3 comments:
Thanks so much! I emailed right away and hope everyone else that reads takes the 5 minutes to make a difference. Thanks again! This was AWESOME info. Unless you have objection I may borrow the info to spread the word
Celeste -- Please email me -- lyncha@email.chop.edu -- I was looking for a way to phrase this to send it out to all the families in our program -- I'd like to simply copy and paste and add a few words to yours -- and want your permission to do so -- please email me (I am a friend of Pat's & have the huge honor and pleasure of a job getting to do a bit of work with families who are adopting).. THANKS! Amy
got your aok! i will send later this weekend out to our email list -- we have hundreds of families on it, so THANK YOU for permission and it will get around to lots of families that way!! Will keep fingers crossed on your journey! Amy
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